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DIBRUGARH, June 15: Two students of Dibrugarh managed to bring honour to their respective schools and the town by securing the fifth and sixth positions in the HSLC examination, the results of which were declared today.

Ashisha Sonowal of St Mary’s School scored 563 and was placed fifth in the state. She is the daughter of Tipuram Sonowal and Minim...

SIVASAGAR, June 15: This year, High School Leaving Certificate (HSLC) Examination result of Secondary Education Board of Assam (SEBA) has brought lots of happiness for Sundarmal Modern English School in Sivasagar.

This year, altogether 20 students, who appeared for the HSLC examination from the school, got first division, out of which five students secured...

NORTH LAKHIMPUR, June 15: In the results of the HSLC Examination, 2012, three secured positions from Lakhimpur district. Gunangajyoti Gogoi got 8th position from North Lakhimpur Government HS School while Chayanika Bora and Chinmoy Sekhar Das has secured 9th and 10th position from St Mary’s School, Lakhimpur by securing 560, 559 and 558 total marks respectiv...

KOKRAJHAR, June 15: The selection of lecturers at Kokrajhar Government College is seen to be unsatisfactory as BTC approved candidates who have all requisite qualifications for the posts got deprived. The best candidate in BTC approved list is stated to be a victim of politics.

In a press meet held at Kokrajhar Government College today, the principal of th...

DIBRUGARH, June 15: A group of women from Niz Lahoal blocked the National Highway at Lahoal here today demanding the release of an arrested youth.

The demonstration was carried out to protest the arrest of Manik Gogoi yesterday. The youth was picked up in connection with the death of one Biju Dutta of Bakul Majgaon at Assam Medical College. The patient an...

From a CorrespondentJORHAT, June 15: Out of 604 TET selected candidates for Upper primary schools, Lower primary schools and Amar Porhasali in Jorhat district, only 42 candidates got their appointment letters to join as teachers at Amar Porhasali. These 42 numbers of candidates were selected to join in 38 schools of Jorhat district. Due to embargo imposed by the Sisksha Mitras of different P...

From a CorrespondentDIPHU, June 15: Even after more than 48 hours of kidnapping of P Das & Company labourers working on a hydro electric project near Longnit under Manja PS their wherabouts are not known till filing of this report. Though Bhupen Bora, Parliamentary Secretary In-charge (Power) visited the project site recently and took stock of the situation, police is clueless about thei...

JORHAT, June 15: Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today inaugurated a pilot project on malnutrition of children and anaemia of mothers launched by the Social Welfare Department in Jorhat. The inaugural function was organized at Dr Madhab Ch Das Memorial Auditorium of Assam Agriculture University, Jorhat. Inaugurating the project, the Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi urged the A...

KOKRAJHAR, June 15: Minister of Border and Co-operative Society, Siddeque Ahmed visited Kokrajhar for official zonal-level meeting. The meeting was held at Circuit House, Kokrajhar where the BTC EMs Reo-Reoa Narzihary, James Basumatary and local MLA Promila Rani Brahma along with others officers of BTC area were present.

From our CorrespondentSIVASAGAR, June 15: One person was killed, while another seriously injured in a road mishap at Bikrampur Charali on NH 37, in Sivasagar in the wee hours of Thursday. According to details, a Maruti Wagon R car bearing registration number AS-04-J-7178 coming towards Sivasagar at high speed hit a stranded truck beside NH37 and as a result, Dilip Gogoi, an ONGC employee and...

DIBRUGARH, June 15: Ten members of All Assam Moran Students’ Union (AAMSU) arrested last night were sent to jail custody today. On the basis of an FIR lodged by the controversial Shivani Gas and Oil Exploration Company and Nabayug Engineering authorities, Tinsukia Police arrested the vice-president, Naba Moran, and general secretary, Jyoti Moni Moran, ...